I just don't see NBC wanting to expand the geographical size of their league for LB. Small division of NLL seems like there only option at this point. WBL is their best fit but no opening and no sign that there will be an opening in the foreseeable future.
Why do you think that? Nearly every school is under 45 minutes away. Would be middle to higher in most boys sports and near the top in most girls sports.
1 hour to Celina,
I thought he had committed to BG?
He announced a PWO to BG. Committed to UT on a PWO.
You are not really disputing what I said. The WBL is far from a compact league and have more than half the school being less than 45 and none over an hour it likely would be the only school that isn't more than a hour away from any other schools. It certainly is a better geographical fit than Defiance and Kenton.
Read my lips, the WBL will remain as is.
That's the problem with a discussion board. We can't see your lips. Or maybe that's an advantage?
You are not really disputing what I said. The WBL is far from a compact league and have more than half the school being less than 45 and none over an hour it likely would be the only school that isn't more than a hour away from any other schools. It certainly is a better geographical fit than Defiance and Kenton.
Sure LB would lose a ton more games in all sport as expected going from the by far the biggest to one of the smallest school in a league but doubt they would finish in the bottom 3 very often and would perform better overall than Kenton, Bath and Elida(?). The best argument that they don't fit is that don't offer either Tennis sport, swimming and bowling.
But as I said there is no opening and will not be one in the foreseeable future so for that reason the WBL is not a good fit/option.
For discussion sake as we need a few more pages on the thread if a school did leave the WBL who do you think is the best fit to join the league. Lima Sr is not it.
LB's boys team is no where near one of their top teams. Their schedule is awful and it's a down year for 80% of the teams on their schedule. The Defiance game wasn't a surprise. If LB played Defiance or OG's schedules this year they would be .500-ish. LB is growing....their girls are D2, which would put them bigger than 4 of the WBL girls teams. They wouldn't be an awful fit for the WBL, but I'm not sure they would take it if they were offered. They seem to like being a big fish in a small pond lolNo one disagrees with this. Their problem is they are being kicked out of the small pond and no other small pond will even think about letting them in so they will be forced to jump into a big pond.
Kind of wonder if they'll fall into an LCC-type situation for awhile and stay independent. There are plenty of smaller schools that will still play them if it's a non-conference game and they can pick and choose some bigger / winnable games to fill out their schedules. Good facilities and good crowds. They will be able to find teams to play them without much trouble. Just not sure they would be happy in a league like the WBL where they aren't going to win the title in ever sport every year
What's that mean?
I’d love to see the way you drive to get from OG to LB in 20 minutes..It's about 20 minutes to OG
But I literally am disputing exactly what you said. You said “Nearly every school is under 45 minutes away” which is clearly not at all true, and you said “would be middle to higher in boys sports” which I don’t think is true. I think their ceiling in boys sports is slightly better than average in the WBL across the board, and I don’t think LB people would like that or put up with it for long.
As an outsider looking in, here's what I'm seeing.
Reading is hard. Look at his post that I initially quoted.
Well, uh. Do I have news for you...
You're right, I had read his follow up saying 45min to an hour.Reading is hard. Look at his post that I initially quoted.
"Why do you think that? Nearly every school is under 45 minutes away. Would be middle to higher in most boys sports and near the top in most girls sports."
I pointed out that he was wrong on timing, I don't think LB boys would be middle to higher in most boys sports, and I don't think LB people would be okay with them not being towards the top of their league in boys sports. Not sure why any of that is remotely controversial
I don't think we even get BCSN in Findlay, but okay.
Well, if you're gonna obey the speed limit...
You don't need Buckeye Cable to get BCSN. You need internet and some app and some $. Bit expensive but I'd bet that cost will come down if they're making agreements like this NLL thing.
Wrong demographics? yeesh..... Are you referring to what gets whispered by others? Or agreeing with the reasoning of what gets whispered?
